Why are so many people who are into “Celtic” culture neopagans? They aren’t even real pagans, like Celts were before they found the truth of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. (I realize that subsequently some Celts have become Protestants, but every family has a crazy cousin who joins a cult.) This annoys me to no end, and it would annoy you too, if you had ever attended a neopagan wedding that was held outdoors in late October. Monotheism has its advantages when you’re freezing and they still have more gods to invoke.
I was thinking we could take back the Celtic love of the seasons from the neopagans by having special prayer services for the equinox and solstice. For example, for the equinox we could have a prayer such as this: “Eternal Father, You give us this day of equal light and darkness to remind us that Your Son and the Holy Spirit are equal in power and majesty to You.” Or for the winter solstice: “Eternal Father, You give us this day when the light begins to increase to remind us that the Light will always conquer the darkness of sin.” I haven’t thought of a good one for the summer solstice yet, but feel free to leave your ideas in the comments.
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I always figured this was the reason for the appeal of the theologian Matthew Fox. Lingering desire to include nature in worship.
Worshiping nature is wrong, but is it so bad to include nature in worship? Look at how popular St. Francis is!
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